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Tilting at tradition : problems of genre in the novels of Miguel de Cervantes and Charles Sorel / Daniel Syrovy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Syrovy, Daniel.
- Series:
- Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 164.
- Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 164
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literary form--History--17th century.
- Literary form.
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sorel, Charles, 1582?-1674. Berger extravagant.
- Sorel, Charles.
- Sorel, Charles, 1582?-1674--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Don Quijote and Le Berger extravagant criticize fiction but come in the shape of novels. Far from breaking with their respective traditions, they engage with the chivalric and the pastoral in a creative manner. Genre and imitation are key notions for situating these novels in literary history and in the œuvres of Cervantes and Sorel. With emphasis on the continuity of each writer’s approach, Le Berger extravagant is considered in the context of Sorel’s aim to educate readers and avoid romance stereotypes, while the Quijote is read as an individual take on the chivalric novel, rejecting the Spanish tradition in favor of the ironic Italian romanzo cavalleresco . Like Cervantes’ Galatea and Persiles , Don Quijote reflects a specific tradition which in turn serves to illuminate the famous book. This study offers interpretations of the two novels, but extends its scope toward the authors’ other works and additional contemporary sources including Avellaneda’s 1614 continuation of Don Quijote .
- Contents:
- part I. Charles Sorel's Berger extravagant
- part II. Cervantes' Don Quijote
- part III. The larger picture.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 5, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 94-012-0965-0
- OCLC:
- 858764945
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789401209656 DOI
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